CURRENT MISSION

To feel the magic and joy of life as if I were travelling

ABOUT ME

I am grateful for my opportunities to travel abroad, it opened my eyes and shaped me in most formative years. I am still integrating the experiences. I live in Sedona, Arizona where I work at a yoga center running the Ayurvedic kitchen and gardening. I am learning so much on so many levels and realize that I don't have to travel across the world to learn or do good things for people. At the moment, my place is here being a part of a community. Whether I'm travelling or not, there is so much to learn.

PHILOSOPHY

It all comes back to the nervous system

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm now hosting people in Sedona and giving back to the CS community that has given me so much.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I joined CS in 2004 and surfed with people across the US. I have recently become active again and am having a blast hosting people in Sedona.

Interests

My dog, Travelling, eastern medicine (Ayurveda, CHinese and Tibetan medicine), yoga, gardening and local food, photography, music, dancing (especially ballet), cooking and nutrition, making medicine, hiking, honoring nature, getting to the real shit and out of the logistical beaurecratical daily obligations.

• dogs
• photography
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• walking
• gardening
• traveling
• magic
• music
• hiking
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Almost Famous, Frida, Amelie, The New World, The Hours, I heart hukabees, flight of the concords, Lions for Lambs, Across the Universe...

Books: The Red Tent, A thousand splendid suns, The Kite Runner, Brida, THe Alchemist, In Search of the Medicine Buddha, Breaking Open the Head, Sastun, Healing with Whole Foods, The Omnivore's Dillema (still working on that one)and Goodnight Moon:)

Music: THEIVERY CORPORATON, Ottmar Leibert, Iron and Wine, THe Marleys(Bob, ziggy, stephen, damian) Ali Farka Toure, Crown city rockers, karl denson, morphine, manu chao, manish vyas, shusheela raman, Soundtribe, tracy chapman, cat power, Jack Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, the Doors, Radiohead, Bethoven, Yann Teirsen...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ran naked into the black ocean, Saw an elephant walking down the middle of a crowded city street in India...no one blinks an eyelash, spent a magical night or two on the moonlit dunes, on the night of the summer solstice I danced all night through the streets of Seattle, walked a pilgrimage in Spain (El Camino de Santiago), hiked in the full moon.

Teach, Learn, Share

I learn and teach Ayurveda, a system of medicine from India and am open for more learning and sharing in this area. I am preparing myself to go to school for Chinese medicine and would love to know more from someone whith knowledge in this area. I'm also a cook and am open to recipe sharing.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, India, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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